Daniel Blake - Got My Wings (2025)

Got My Wings is dedicated to Jarvis Jay Masters, whose memoir That Bird Has My Wings inspired this work. Jarvis' spiritual journey has unfolded over decades of brutal and unjust incarceration, and his life is a testament to the human capacity for finding freedom without losing our dignity and deep love for one other.

Got My Wings is a ballet work choreographed by Tomiko Magario in partnership with Westchester Ballet Company, Bethany Arts Community and a range of other performing arts organizations. With support from Humanities New York, the work is also an educational project helping students and educators think about the arts as a vehicle for thinking about criminal justice.

The work has led to meaningful partnerships with a range of educators, advocates, and organizations working on the front lines in the struggle for justice such as ENUBuilds, Rehabilitation Through The Arts, Sing Sing Family Collective, and Jarvis Jay Masters, whose ongoing partnership has been crucial to this project.

Dan Blake - saxophones, clarinet, flute, keyboards, piano, drum programming
Jarvis Jay Masters - voice on track 6
Mike Sempert - sound design on tracks 2 and 6; Bryan Copeland - acoustic drums on track 6